<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/"><abbr title="Web Accessibility Initiative">WAI</abbr> <abbr title="Accessible Rich Internet Applications">ARIA</abbr></a> standard defines an actual <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#menu"><code class="highlighter-rouge">role="menu"</code> widget</a>, but this is specific to application-like menus which trigger actions or functions. <abbr title="Accessible Rich Internet Applications">ARIA</abbr> menus can only contain menu items, checkbox menu items, radio button menu items, radio button groups, and sub-menus.</p>
<p>Dropdowns, on the other hand, are designed to be generic and applicable to a variety of situations and markup structures. For instance, it is possible to create dropdowns that contain additional inputs and form controls, such as search fields or login forms. For this reason, ngx-bootstrap does not expect (nor automatically add) any of the <code class="highlighter-rouge">role</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">aria-</code> attributes required for true <abbr title="Accessible Rich Internet Applications">ARIA</abbr> menus. Authors will have to include these more specific attributes themselves.</p>
